Agoura Hills cameraman killed in helicopter crash
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer | September 12, 2002
By John Loesing Acorn Staff Writer The local community has been saddened by the loss of Larry Greene, an Agoura Hills resident and longtime cameraman for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles,...
Heat wave causes local blackouts
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer | September 12, 2002
By John Loesing Acorn Staff Writer The heat wave that hit Southern California last week caused several long power outages in Conejo Valley-Las Virgenes, some for more than 24 hours,...
CHS fire leads to $500,000 damage
| September 12, 2002
A small fire that started in a maintenance room at Calabasas High School around 7 a.m. Wed., Aug. 28 caused an estimated $500,000 in damages. The fire was contained to...
Former Agoura Hills city attorney takes position with Anti-Defamation League
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer | September 12, 2002
By John Loesing Acorn Staff Writer Amanda Susskind, a former city attorney for Agoura Hills, is the new director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Pacific Southwest regional office, ADL officials announced...
Sponsors sought for CHS football telecasts
By Michael Picarella
Acorn Staff Writer | September 12, 2002
By Michael Picarella Acorn Staff Writer A Calabasas High School Coyote football TV program is being presented on Calabasas TV-3 to increase community support for the high school team as...
Microwave ovens can pose a health risk
By Michael Picarella
Acorn Staff Writer | September 12, 2002
By Michael Picarella Acorn Staff Writer Radioactive waste dumped at the Calabasas Landfill has been a safety concern lately, but what about the radiation that leaks from your microwave oven? Experts agree that leaks from microwave ovens can be dangerous. Every year millions of people—of...
Jewish Family Service’s Conejo Valley office offers a variety of fall support groups in Thousand Oaks
| September 12, 2002
Jewish Family Service’s Conejo Valley office offers a variety of fall support groups in Thousand Oaks Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles will offer the following support groups this fall at their Conejo Valley office, 80 E. Hillcrest Drive, Ste. 130, in T.O. A women’s...
Marathon to help Wellness
| September 12, 2002
For the first time, Wellness Communities from all over the country will meet to participate in Strides for Hope Mardi Gras Marathon in New Orleans on Feb. 16, 2003. Individuals from the Conejo Valley area interested in participating will raise money to help the Wellness...
Volunteers needed to help abused, neglected children’s program
| September 12, 2002
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), a program of Interface Children Family Services, is looking for individuals (especially men) who want to "serve as a powerful voice" in the life of an abused or neglected child. CASA will begin its 52-hour fall training program on Oct....
Lions ready for Tri-Valley League football
By Wayne Harrison | September 12, 2002
The Oaks Christian High School football team made it to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) semifinals last year, in the school’s first year competing as...
Sports Junkie
By Irv Lippel | September 12, 2002
Ah, yes, it’s back. The NFL season kicks off for real. How nice indeed! It’s like a long-lost best friend knocking on your door. NFL,...
Softball tryouts
| September 12, 2002
So Cal Fury 16U, a girls 16 and under softball fastpitch travel ball team, will host open tryouts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this...
Local students shine academically nationwide
| September 12, 2002
Alissa D. Polan of Westlake Village, a 2001 graduate of Agoura High School, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring academic semester in...
High school performers, artists, may earn awards
| September 12, 2002
The Music Center is calling on talented Southern California high school performers, artists and photographers to apply for the 15th annual Music Center Spotlight Awards....
Kids’ grades go up with tutors
| September 12, 2002
The goal of A+ Tutors is to help students excel in their studies and improve their grades. They prepare students for standardized tests and provide...
Oak Park student attends leadership conference
| September 12, 2002
Oak Park student attends leadership conference Tyler Morris of Oak Park, a student at Oak Park High School, recently participated in the Students to Leaders...
Hate crimes on school campuses a concern of security firm
| September 12, 2002
With violence played out nightly on newscasts from the Middle East and racial stereotyping against Muslims still simmering from the incidents of Sept. 11, the...
Esteban music video shot in Agoura Hills
| September 12, 2002
Esteban, one of the world’s leading classical/flamenco guitar-ists, spent the day performing on Tues., Sept. 3 at The Canyon in Agoura Hills for the filming of his new music video "Malguena Rhumba," which is scheduled for release this winter. "This video is designed to reach...
Auction, dinner to benefit symphony
| September 12, 2002
A fundraising event featuring a wine auction and gourmet dinner that will benefit the children’s programs of New West Symphony will begin 3 p.m. Sun., Sept. 22 at the home of Tom and Lisa Miller in Hidden Valley, Thousand Oaks. The New West Symphony Orchestra...
Event features beauty of flowers, flute and harp
| September 12, 2002
The opening reception for the exhibit "For the Love of Flowers" featuring floral watercolors and ikebana flower arrangements, will be presented from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Camarillo Johrei Center, 379 Mobil Ave., Camarillo. A special musical performance of koto (Japanese harp) and flute will...
Yom Kippur services planned
| September 12, 2002
Rabbis of Chabad of the Conejo invite all Jews, observant or non-observant, to attend Yom Kippur services beginning at 6:45 p.m. Sun., Sept. 15 with the Kol Nidre. Services continue...
Nominees sought for Human Rights Awards
| September 12, 2002
The general public and community leaders are invited to nominate individuals or organizations to be honored at the Human Rights Awards luncheon on Sun., Dec. 8 at the Mandalay Bay...
Westlake Lutheran to present dinner, Alpha course
| September 12, 2002
The community is invited to a dinner and program introducing the Alpha Course at 5:30 p.m. Sun., Sept. 15 at Westlake Lutheran Church, 2630A Townsgate Road, Westlake Village. Following dinner...
On the Trail
By Gloria Glasser | September 12, 2002
A human volcano erupted recently in my presence. It may not have been as colorful a display as those big Hawaiian lava-lobbers put on, but it was a fiery spectacle nonetheless. The source was so unlikely—one of those quiet unassuming etiquette-observing, law-abiding dullards who lives...
Sheriff’s blotter
| September 12, 2002
Sheriff’s blotter Agoura Agoura The loss was $650 after a cell phone and a digital camera were stolen from a...